There are 184 article(s) tagged Dan Conaway:

• August 2019

  • Conaway: Learn. Don’t return.

    Nostalgia can be fun and comforting. It can’t be a destination. Don’t long to go where you can’t go, long to make where you’re going better.

    By Dan Conaway August 02, 2019

• July 2019

  • Conaway: Those in charge of saving our lives can’t seem to save information

    My doctors seem to have no idea who I am. I had back surgery in November and follow-up appointments since, but I’m still asked to fill out a complete online personal medical history, family medical history, and identity check including photos, front and back, of all requisite cards and documents in advance of my next appointment.

    By Dan Conaway July 12, 2019

• June 2019

  • Conaway: Life isn’t a line; it’s a circle

    Our grandchild, born June 10, is part of the flow of the Mississippi where my father's ashes are, and the stream in upstate New York where my brother Frank's ashes are. Just as every one of us is an individual, every one of us is part of something larger, connected in ways large and small, and always to place.

    By Dan Conaway June 21, 2019

  • Conaway: A brother remembers

    He was 13 years older, the blond guy in the living room reading books and blowing smoke rings, off to college when I was 5, married and off to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop when I was 12. 

    By Dan Conaway June 14, 2019

  • Conaway: A Memphian’s real-life adventure serial

    Richard Halliburton wrote a steamer trunk of bestsellers and syndicated articles, but to call him merely an author would be like calling Indiana Jones merely an anthropologist. And while Indy’s unbelievable fictional adventures are just that, Halliburton’s unbelievable adventures were real.

    By Dan Conaway June 07, 2019

• May 2019

  • Conaway: The quintessential Memphis story of Clarence Saunders

    Saunders' tale is a roller coaster ride from rock bottom to dizzying height and back again, a journey that left an indelible mark on the world.

    By Dan Conaway May 31, 2019

  • Conaway: Looking at Tom Lee Park

    We’re about to spend $50 million to fix something that’s not really broken, and throw chump change or nothing at all at opportunities for true transformation.

    By Dan Conaway May 23, 2019

  • Conaway: Don’t fail this screen test

    The NBC series "Bluff City Law" is about fighting for civil rights in Memphis, and there’s a very real chance it will be made somewhere else.

    By Dan Conaway May 16, 2019

  • Conaway: You’re better than that

    We must find a way to take the warmth around our tables, the generosity in our hearts, and what I believe to be the genuine decency of our nature, and carry it to the chambers of those elected to lead us.

    By Dan Conaway May 09, 2019